TIME Magazine Asks Stephen Sondheim 10 Questions

[CapnHook]

TIME Magazine Asks Stephen Sondheim 10 Questions#0

Posted: 7/11/05 at 11:42pm

Here you go, StickToPriest:

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/printout/0,8816,1081375,00.html

An enjoyable read.

"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle

[buffyactsing]

re: TIME Magazine Asks Stephen Sondheim 10 Questions#1

Posted: 7/11/05 at 11:50pm

Thanks for posting. That was awesome. I loved the end.

"This ocean runs more dark and deep than you may think you know...I'll be the fear of the fire at sea." -Marie Christine

[MargoChanning]

re: TIME Magazine Asks Stephen Sondheim 10 Questions#2

Posted: 7/11/05 at 11:50pm

Interesting that he was a fan of Taboo.

"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie [http://margochanning.broadwayworld.com/] "The Devil Be Hittin' Me" -- Whitney

[TheEnchantedHunter]

re: TIME Magazine Asks Stephen Sondheim 10 Questions#3

Posted: 7/11/05 at 11:50pm

The answer to #7 is Sondheim at his most surprising and perverse.


TheEnchantedHunter
Ted Hunter, Cane, NH

[BobbyBubby]

re: TIME Magazine Asks Stephen Sondheim 10 Questions#4

Posted: 7/12/05 at 5:35pm

And not a fan of Stop the World I Want to Get Off.

[Thenardier]

re: TIME Magazine Asks Stephen Sondheim 10 Questions#5

Posted: 7/12/05 at 5:41pm

I love his wording of that last answer.

Mama Korey

The Beauty Is: Kelli O'Hara Online

[apdarcey]

re: TIME Magazine Asks Stephen Sondheim 10 Questions#6

Posted: 7/12/05 at 6:21pm

i agree about taboo. i really love that score and find myself listening to the cd very frequently

[StickToPriest]

re: TIME Magazine Asks Stephen Sondheim 10 Questions#7

Posted: 7/12/05 at 6:36pm

What's funny, Capn, is that I had four different people e-mail this to me last night. I seriously think that's a sign I've got to tone down the obsession a bit.

"One no longer loves one's insight enough once one communicates it."

The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.

Updated On: 7/12/05 at 06:36 PM

[Gothampc]

re: TIME Magazine Asks Stephen Sondheim 10 Questions#8

Posted: 7/12/05 at 6:47pm

Question #11:

What do you really think of Adam Guettel's work?

If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.

[CapnHook]

re: TIME Magazine Asks Stephen Sondheim 10 Questions#9

Posted: 7/12/05 at 7:56pm

Haha, I know what you mean, StickToPriest. I get Peter Pan articles constantly.

"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle

[jasonf]

re: TIME Magazine Asks Stephen Sondheim 10 Questions#10

Posted: 7/12/05 at 7:57pm

I read this article and thought those were not the questions I'd be asking him....what would you ask?

Hi, Shirley Temple Pudding.

[Gothampc]

re: TIME Magazine Asks Stephen Sondheim 10 Questions#11

Posted: 7/12/05 at 8:05pm

"I read this article and thought those were not the questions I'd be asking him....what would you ask?"

Do you really have a bondage dungeon in your house? Is that how Neil Patrick Harris got cast in Assassins?

Was your neighbor Katherine Hepburn really the source for Mrs. Lovett?

If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.

[feinstein9]

re: TIME Magazine Asks Stephen Sondheim 10 Questions#12

Posted: 7/12/05 at 10:37pm

it's "katharine"- if you don't get it right, she pulls a poltergeist.

[insomniak]

re: TIME Magazine Asks Stephen Sondheim 10 Questions#13

Posted: 7/12/05 at 10:51pm

Priest, that amused me a great deal.

I'd heard before that he loved Taboo and I like that he gave something that's very different from his own style a chance. And he doesn't have perfect pitch? That's like almost suggesting that Sondheim is flawed....

[chinkie azn jai]

re: TIME Magazine Asks Stephen Sondheim 10 Questions#14

Posted: 7/12/05 at 10:55pm

*gasp* sondheim flawed?! Is that possible???

"Chicago is it's own incredible theater town right there smack down in the middle of the heartland. What a great city! I can see why Oprah likes to live there!" - Dee Hoty :-D

[karlean7]

re: TIME Magazine Asks Stephen Sondheim 10 Questions#15

Posted: 7/12/05 at 11:25pm

"Taboo. I thought it was inventive, and I was touched by it, and I thought it looked good. All the way through I had a good time. And a few of the songs really moved me. I got involved in it--and it's not my kind of music."

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee...

*gasp*

eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee..


*gasp*

eeeeeeeeeeeee-*passes out*

(I liked Taboo, too. I'm really happy that Sondheim agrees with me)

[TheEnchantedHunter]

re: TIME Magazine Asks Stephen Sondheim 10 Questions#16

Posted: 7/12/05 at 11:45pm

Guess Stevie baby wants Rosie to produce his show(s).


Vivian Darkbloom
Ramsdale, New England

[CapnHook]

re: TIME Magazine Asks Stephen Sondheim 10 Questions#17

Posted: 7/13/05 at 12:00am

YAY ROSIE!

"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle

[Thenardier]

re: TIME Magazine Asks Stephen Sondheim 10 Questions#18

Posted: 7/13/05 at 12:09am

Rosie used to live near me.

But I think she moved.

Mama Korey

The Beauty Is: Kelli O'Hara Online

[Chrysanthemum62001]

re: TIME Magazine Asks Stephen Sondheim 10 Questions#19

Posted: 7/13/05 at 12:29am

Wow! He's a fan of Taboo! That's just awesome.

"What a mystery this world. One day you love them and the next day you want to kill them a thousand times over." The Masked Bandit in THE FALL

[jrb_actor]

re: TIME Magazine Asks Stephen Sondheim 10 Questions#20

Posted: 7/13/05 at 12:39am

Fascinating read! And, I, too, love that he loved TABOO.

johnraymondbarker.com

[MatureDignity]

re: TIME Magazine Asks Stephen Sondheim 10 Questions#21

Posted: 7/13/05 at 12:57am

He was at closing night... I think he saw it before that, too.

[DAME]

re: TIME Magazine Asks Stephen Sondheim 10 Questions#22

Posted: 7/13/05 at 1:37am

He has mentioned that in a few things.

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